Am I first again? That's odd. Anyway, I wrote more than two pages this morning (still no idea where the dratted word counter is hidden in my word processor) and have just finished typing it up.
Excerpt:
“I thought one would consider Lieutenant Worf dangerous,” Data said thoughtfully. “Or Commander Riker, when he is in the mood. I never considered myself a threat. My failsafes have always worked within normal parameters.”
“There are different kinds of danger,” s/he answered. “Not all are so obvious as an ill-tempered Klingon in the middle of a bunch of pacifists. Why, do you think, Lieutenant LaForge needs to shield me from the rest of the engineering crew most of the time?”
“I do not know,” Data confessed. “I thought your team-mates liked you.”
Rina laughed ruefully. “They do. That’s the problem. They like me too much – unfortunately, not for the person that I am. My pheromones, when I’m in stress, are too strong for humans to resist… and Engineering is a stressful environment. They can’t afford to be distracted at work – and I am a distraction, whether I want it or not.”
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Terminus, Chapter 6
on 2015-06-08 06:44 pm (UTC)Excerpt:
“I thought one would consider Lieutenant Worf dangerous,” Data said thoughtfully. “Or Commander Riker, when he is in the mood. I never considered myself a threat. My failsafes have always worked within normal parameters.”
“There are different kinds of danger,” s/he answered. “Not all are so obvious as an ill-tempered Klingon in the middle of a bunch of pacifists. Why, do you think, Lieutenant LaForge needs to shield me from the rest of the engineering crew most of the time?”
“I do not know,” Data confessed. “I thought your team-mates liked you.”
Rina laughed ruefully. “They do. That’s the problem. They like me too much – unfortunately, not for the person that I am. My pheromones, when I’m in stress, are too strong for humans to resist… and Engineering is a stressful environment. They can’t afford to be distracted at work – and I am a distraction, whether I want it or not.”